Medivac bill beginning of dismantling of offshore processing: Ciobo

19/02/2019|9min

Defence Industry Minister Steve Ciobo says Labor’s medivac bill is ‘the beginning of the dismantling of offshore processing’.
The legislation will give doctors greater discretion over whether an asylum seeker on Manus Island or Nauru will be allowed to be transferred to Australia for medical reasons.
Mr Ciobo told Sky News the hundreds of people will enter the country under the bill as it 'rips the power away' from the minister to make a character assessment on transfers.
Labor disputes this, with Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate Jenny McAllister telling Sky News the policy is only designed to help people in Australia's care get the medical treatment they need.